Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu by Way Architects

Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu by Way Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

HaoLoko Hale· 2022

Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu

by Way Architects

Client: WAY Architects

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu

He wahi moʻomeheu ʻo Centennial Shameen i hana ʻia i loko o kahi hale mōʻaukala ma ka mokupuni ʻo Shamian ma Guangzhou, Kina. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hale i ka makahiki 1862 a ke mālama nei kona ʻaoʻao waho i ke ʻano kaulike kumu, nā ana pololei o nā puka a me nā pukaaniani, a me nā laina hoʻolālā waiwai. I loko o ka lumi 260 mika hua ʻāina, kahi i loaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe kaupale o 4.55 mika, hoʻohui ʻia kahi papa hao kūkulu i kahi pae mezzanine me kona ʻano kūkulu kūʻokoʻa. Mālama ʻia i loko o kēia wahi nā hōʻike noʻeau a me kahi hale kī no ke kaiāulu. Hōʻike akāka ʻia ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā mea hou a me ka mālamalama hou me ka ʻōnaehana kolamu kahiko.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Centennial Shameen Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Wahi Moʻomeheu no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Located at No.41 Shamian Street on the central axis of Shamian Island, the project was built in 1862 with a history of 159 years. Adhering to the concept of protecting and reusing the historical buildings, this project transforms it into a multifunctional composite cultural space that can accommodate different scenes, for example, cultural art exhibition, and tea house for the community.
Dimensions & Packaging: Taking advantage of the 4.55 meter's high ceiling height in the 260 square-meters room, a steel interlayer is inserted to add different layers. It added a mezzanine space with an independent frame structure locally to make full use of the existing space to create more possibilities.
Tags: Architecture, renovation, culture, building, public space
Production Technology: The exterior of the building retains its original style: within the symmetrical form, precise proportions of doors and windows, and rich moldings lines. By now, stepping into the gate of Ceremonial sense will absolutely open up a new spatial experience.
Design Challenge: Using a section of space as a transition for the entrance, outstanding from the old sense of form; on top of the uses of spacial transition at the entrance, it added new material and design techniques to emphasize the difference, and thus collision between the old and the new style has begun.
Research: Awakening the long-term dormant state of this historical building, it has become an open public space integrated into the urban context and reconnecting the community. The language of the space is concise and lively, and the space still playing the pure beauty of decoration.
Inspiration: Inspired by the local context, the texture of the sandy floor contrasts with the black stone. The horizontal of the three kinds of grain on the stones interspersed with the white volume, which implies the historical meaning of Shamian which washed by the water of the time immemorial Pearl River.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2020 and finished in January 2021 in Shameen Island, Guangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: New materials, new forms of design, and the newest lighting techniques are added to the classical space, interactive with the old pillar system; new things do not adhere to the old structure, and the relationship between the new and the old is clear.
Team Members: Design Director: Keven Wong
Design Director: Fanmie
Lead Designer: Chow Hou Hong